Starter quiz
- The worship of images is known as ______.
- 'idolatry' ✓
- What do Byzantium, Constantinople and Istanbul have in common?
- They’re all the same city. ✓
- They’re all the same country.
- They’re all the same region.
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- What happened to the main language when the Roman Empire collapsed?
- It switched from Latin to Greek. ✓
- It switched from Greek to Latin.
- It switched from Latin to English.
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- Who were the early converts to Islam?
- mostly pastoral nomads ✓
- the Seljuks
- the Oghuz Turks
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- What was the religion of Byzantium?
- Islam
- Christian ✓
- Jewish
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- Which two were Islamic caliphates based in the Middle East?
- Bourbons
- Fatimids ✓
- Plantagenets
- Umayyads ✓
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Exit quiz
- The head of the Roman Catholic Church is the ______
- 'pope' ✓
- The action of officially excluding someone from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church is known as ______
- 'excommunication' ✓
- This keyword is a senior member of the Christian Church.
- 'bishop' ✓
- Who controlled the Papal States, a kingdom in central Italy?
- the Carolingian kings
- the Holy Roman Emperor
- the pope ✓
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- Which two reasons prevented people from disobeying Church rules?
- The threat of excommunication ✓
- The threat of poverty ✓
- The threa of violence
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- Who led the Church in medieval Western Europe?
- the Patriarch of Constantinople
- the pope in Rome ✓
- the Sultan of the Seljuk Empire
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Key learning points
- The Western Church was headed by the pope.
- In the early medieval period the pope and Church had little power compared to local kings, but gained more over time.
- Throughout the medieval period there was a power struggle between local kings and the pope over control of religion.
- The Church had gained significant control over the lives of Western Europeans by the 11th century.
- Christianity was a fundamental aspect of life for medieval Europeans.
Common misconception
The pope has always been the most powerful person in the Roman Catholic Church.
For much of the medieval period, a power struggle between the pope and local kings took place for control of religion within each country. In the early medieval period the pope had very little power at all.
Keywords
Church - the Church is the organisation of the Christian religion
Pope - the pope is the head of the Roman Catholic Church
Bishop - a bishop is a senior member of the Christian Church
Excommunication - excommunication is the action of officially excluding someone from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church
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